The âtributeâ erected consisted of graffiti, alcoholic beverage containers, flowers, which died and were not removed, dolls, paper and other materials. After a week, I started calling the city to have this eyesore removed.

It took three months for it to finally get cleaned up. I learned that the law requires such âtributesâ to be removed within three days. If someone close to me passed away, I personally would prefer to keep my grief to myself, I wouldnât inflict my grief on the public.

Making it a public spectacle will not change anything. I consider all this stuff to be graffiti.

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